Ashley Greene On Saying Goodbye to 'Twilight'

Last night, ELLE.com was on the red carpet for the New York premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. The event, hosted by Cinema Society and Samsung Galaxy, drew cast members Dakota Fanning, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Mackenzie Foy, Maggie Grace, and more. Notably missing were Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, who were on the other side of the world attending the Madrid premiere of the film. ELLE.com chatted with some of the cast about having vampire super powers, working with the director, and saying goodbye to the beloved series.

Ashley Greene, looking stunning in a midnight blue Donna Karan Atelier number, said that fans have director Bill Condon to thank for this being the best Twilight film to date. "He brought heart and soul into it, and he really wanted to make this the best that it could possibly be," she told ELLE.com, exclusively. "That's something that I'm

really thankful for, because I think having to end this was a hard thing. But having someone like him behind us, and to do it the way that he did it—with such detail—was really special."

Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen) confirmed that if there was another movie, he would love to return. And when asked who is most like their character in real life, he told ELLE.com, "There's parts of those characters in all of us. I think that's why Catherine [Hardwicke, the director of the first film] cast us. She wasn't worried about [our] looks, because she knew she could create that. She really was looking for the essence of [each] character—so Rob [Robert Pattinson] is kind of sexy like Edward, and I'm kind of compassionate—there are elements of us in all of those characters."

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Maggie Grace's character, Irina, is a traitor who wreaks havoc on Bella and Edward's lives when she tries to turn them in to the Volturi. Grace wants viewers to know, "She's in fact a terribly tragically misunderstood pawn and not an evil villain!" If she could have any vampire power, she would love to manipulate the elements. Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen) also revealed which vampire powers she would love to inherit. "I'd just like to be able to fly, or set people on fire, like fire starter," she said. Reaser's final message to fans? "I think we're just so excited for the movie to finally have a life and for the fans to see it. We just hope that they love it just as much as we do."